Islam and Peace
Islam: An Ideological Movement for a Peaceful Co-existence
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to be Muslim is to violate God’s injunctions.
Kafir
literally means
munkir
as translated by Shah Abdul
Qadir,
Munkir
is someone who rejects or conceals
the truth. If the message has never been presented
to a people then they cannot be called
munkir
let
alone
kafir.
Therefore, all races and peoples of the
world should be viewed as human beings who are
potential allies; allies of Muslims against unbelief.
And they should be presented with the theory as
well as practice of Islam.
All the prophets who came in this world with a
message called out, “O people,” “O brothers,” “O
my community;” none of them said, “O
kafirun.”
Therefore, we should learn from this prophetic style
as to how to communicate God’s message in this
world. If
dawa
is not done with its etiquettes which
means that in spite of hate and persecution we do
not react or curse those whom we intend to invite to
the message, then there is little chance that anyone
will listen to us and respect us.
Until we have exhausted the arguments and have
presented the entire message to those who do not
have it, we have no right to put the blame upon
